Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0For every 1,000 homes, Corner Brook permitted only 1.4 new ones a year; Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns permitted 6.1
A median of $230,000 and a mean of $243,400: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. For Corner Brook there is no published sale price, as for every town in Newfoundland and Labrador. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $192,000.
Two ways to price a home in Corner Brook
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $243K
- Owners
- 5,535
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 7,340
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $173K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Before 1961: 31% of the homes in Corner Brook, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have 17%
Corner Brook had 8,865 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 62% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 6% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
2018 was the year Corner Brook built most: 26 new homes permitted
Building permits added 76 homes in Corner Brook between 2018 and 2023: some 15 a year. The mix: 40% in single-unit buildings, beside 83% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
A year with no report is left out.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Corner Brook sits close to the $215,000 median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
The census values of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, 32 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Corner Brook: Irishtown-Summerside and Humber Arm South
Next to Corner Brook: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Brook | $230K | $243K | 63% | |
| Irishtown-Summerside | $200K | $205K | 90% | 4.3 |
| Massey Drive | $320K | $317K | 84% | 4.5 |
| Humber Arm South | $180K | $191K | 80% | 16 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Corner Brook
How many households in Corner Brook are in core housing need?
8% of Corner Brook’s households, near the 6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Corner Brook expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
About average: Corner Brook’s census median is close to the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).